Ticket or tag.



PATBNTBD'AUG. 7, 1906.

NO- 827,748.l

T. H. OBRIEN.

TICKET 0R TAG.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 24. 1905.

3 SHEETS-SHBET l.

No. 927,748. PATENTE) Am?, 1965.

T. H. QBRIEN.

TICKET OR TAG.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 24. 1905.

s SHEETS-SHEET No. 827,748. PATENTE) AUG. 7, 1906.

11H. OBMBN.

TICKET 0R TAGq APPLICATION FILED JULY 24. 1905.

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THOMAS H. OBRIEN, OF FOND DU LAC, Yl/'ISCONSN 'Hexer on rf-ie.

. attaching or afliXing 4to the goods o f the tag or ticket andin such manner as to guard against the points of the attaching or affiizingl pin or fastening pricking orl contacting with the hands.

To these ends the invention consists of certain structural features, substantially as hereparticularly pointln. the accompanying drawings, illustrate y ing the preferred embodiment of my invento mark or identify. '45

tion, Figure l is a perspective view of the inf vention with the in-concealing fla or guard of the tag or tic et in unfastene position. Fig. 2 is a vertical'sectional view With the flap or guard fastened over the vticket securing or holding pin. Fig. 3 is a detached eri spectiveview of the tag or ticket attac ing pin or fastening. Fig. 4t is a horizontal section produced through the pin-equipped end of the tag or ticket aboutin line with the pin.

Figs; 5., e, 7, s, 9, 1o, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, and

16 are views of sundry modifications which deal with different structural details of the pin and of the ticket er tagfor the guarding of the fastening-pin, especially at its point or points, as presently more fully explained.

ln the carrying out of my invention l contrive a tag or ticket 1 of peculiar structure and equip it with a pin or fastenin'fg2 for attaching er affixing it to the piece or.; roll of dry goods or lother objectl it may be'desired Said ticket origltag is preferably of a double thickness of-somesuitable stiff fibrous material-as, for instance, cardboard,` pasteboard, or the vlike-#upon which may. be placed the required datav or memoranda as Well understood, with the attaching lin `or fastening 2X applied thereto, preferab y as shown, 'having its point'or piercing end brought to the front after the .passing of the pin bodily through the goods upon the rear side ofl the ticket or tag.- It

Specification of Letters -latent Application filed July 24, 1905. Serial No.. 271,072.

Patented hug. 7, i906.

y .is interlooped or connecte-d with the ticket or tag-and let into a notch itl-in a lateral edge around to the front, into a like notch l b in the opposite lateralfedgeof-said ticket to prevent liability of4 its being accidentally caught upon any-otherwise contacting object and thereby being displaced. One thickness ofthe ticket or .tag 2l is left unattached from the other portion or thickness thereof a short distance from its upper end, opposite the attaching pin or fastening, thus providing a flexibly- -connected fiap or guard 2, itself thickened up by folding upon itself, effectively for i'solating or concealing the pin or fastening,

be exposed, and consequently be liable to contact with and puncture or pierce the hands in handling,- the goods bearing the tag or ticket. Said flap or guard .2a is equipped With laterally-projecting readily-bent strips or pieces of metal, of ductile or pliable character, forming clips or fastenings 3 at the side edges of said fiap or guard for bending over the corresponding edges of the opposite portions of the ticket and upon the back thereof,

over the tag or ticket attaching pin, and jwhereby by detaching said clips from said .ticket-back said Hap maybe readily thrown moval, With the ticket or tag, from the goods when required. i

5, 6, 7, 8, Q, and l0 it is noted that the departure lies practically in the variations of `the clip-fastenings for the guard or flap, Fig. 5 showing the clips formed of a continuous end projecting plate or strip 4 inserted into anend looped portion of lthe ticket; Fig. 6, du plicate end projecting clips 5 with their inner ends folded or clamped down upon the inner surface of the flap, in this case, however, the flap folding over upon the bodyl of the ticket; Fig'. 7 showing clips 6 proj -ectinfr through and beyond the top edge of the ticzket-body and clamped upon the flap, Fig. 8 showing a like arrangement of clips 7 applied laterally or to the outside of the fiap and in like manner enshowing still a like arrangement of clips' arranged to project through and beyond the fiap, in this instance said. flapy lying flat upon the ticket-bcdy and the clips engaging aper- 5 5 .will be noted that the head end ofthe pin i tures or holes in the ticket-body, and liig.

gaging 'or clasping the ticket-body, Fig. 9

thereof, While it is bent, in bringing its point Where otherwise the point of thelatter would thus detachably holding said flap or guard back to ermit access to the )in for its re- Y lO l In ,they modifications as disclosedv by Figs.

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showinO also a like arrangementof clips t) 12 the predominant feature of difference exists in doubling the material upon itself in forming the ticket-body and ap or guard, as at 10 10", Figll showingin additiontwo fastenings or pm. connections 11a between the ticket and the goods bearing the same, while .in Figs. 11 andt12 clasps 12 and 13 are applied to opposite edges ofthe ticket-body and the fiap, respectiyelv, one clasp projecting from between the double thickness of the body portion and the other clasp projecting from the outside of the flap'.

In the modification as disclosed by Fig. 13 is shown a iap 18, produced by suitably slitting one thickness of the ticket or tag, and partially inserted or embedded within other thicknesses of the latter is a clasp or clip 19 with its ends projecting therefrom and adapted to be folded or clamped over upon said :Hap 18.

In the modification as suggested by Figs. 14, 15, and 16 are disclosed end or lateral clasps 2O and central top edge clasp 21 for the tiap 2a, all of said clasps in this instance being produced of highly tiexible wire and in continuation one of the other, with the intermediately connecting portions thereof buried or embedded between thicknesses of said iap.4 .Said topand lateral clasps 2t) 21 are adapted .to be. bent over the edges of the tag and aroundand down upon the back oftag proper from top to bottom. After passing saidpointed arms or pin members through the` goods or article for labeling their ends or points are bent over the top edge of the tag properwithin notches 28 therein and down upon the opposite or front side thereof, whence they may be isolated by the lfolding there- 1. A tag or ticket of the ycharacter de-l i scribed, having a retaining-pin-concealing flap or guard and a clip or clasp effecting con! nection between said flap and the tag-body for securing the Hap over the,retaining-pin.

2, A tag or ticket of the character described, having a flexibly-connected Ilap or guard effective to isolate its attaching-pin and equipped with a clip or clasp adapted to engage the ticket-body for securing said tiap or guard to the latter, over said fastening.

' 3.5;A" tag or ticket of the character de- ,scribedformed of a piece of suitable material doubled .upon itself to form a bodyportion and llap, -ineans for its attachment lfor use, and a clip or clasp effecting connection between said tlap and the tag-body for securing said flap over said means of attachment. l

4. A tag or ticket having a iiap or guard provided with a clip or clasp and an'aflixingfastening, of staple-like outline and effective for attachment to the tag and for insertion through the goods or article`for labeling, and capable of being bent or returned upon the' tag said clip or clasp adapted tolosecurc said flap to the tag-body, over the points of said fastening.

A- tag or ticket of the character described, having a flap or guard provided with lateral clasps or clips for engaging the tagbodyvand formed of a continuous piece also having an intermediate' clasp for engaging the upper edge of said tag-body, and a staplelike securing-pin or fastening for engaging the goods or object, said flap overlying the points of said fastening and said lateral clasps or clips securing said flap in such position.

In testimony whereof I a'lix my signature in presence of two subscribing witnesses. i

4 THOMAS H. GBRIEN.

W'itnesses:

F., W. CHADBOURNE, TEssrE NORMILE. v

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